ArcBest Rolls Out Technology to Speed Up Freight Loading
Trucking company ArcBest Corp. is expanding its logistics services with new technology allowing warehouse workers to load and unload truck trailers rapidly, addressing one of the biggest pain points for logistics operators. The freight-management system, called Vaux, is a steel-and-aluminum…#arcbestcorp #judymcreynolds #fortsmith #arcbest #ltl #vaux #truck #chriscaplice #polarisinc #southdakota (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pain Management, CDC Guidelines, and CMS Requirements in the Era of the Opioid Crisis
Post-acute and long-term care providers employ many strategies to address the challenge of managing pain, including by treating pain according to current clinical practice guidelines, encouraging safety, and aiming for the best possible outcome for our patients and residents. In addition, providers must remain vigilant by following the regulations in the Requirements of Participation, State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP, and the F tags such as F697 associated with pain management. And, to complicate matters, they must accomplish all this while considering the nuances related to insurance, step therapy, drug formular...
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert C. Accetta Tags: LTC Pharmacy Source Type: news
Pain Management
Ms. P is a 72-year-old woman who was admitted for rehabilitation after an above-the-knee amputation for a lower-extremity ulcer that did not heal due to associated arterial insufficiency. Her past medical history includes a cerebral vascular event and left hemiparesis, diabetes controlled by diet and oral medication, hypertension, peripheral neuropathy, and arterial insufficiency. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Barbara Resnick, Paige Hector Tags: Interdisciplinary Team Case Scenario Source Type: news
Integrating Psychosocial Elements for Comprehensive Pain Management
As you begin reading, I invite you to notice whether you are experiencing any pain. Where is it showing up in your body? How would you describe it? If you shift your body, is there relief or is the pain exacerbated? Does the pain make you think of something else going on in your life that isn ’t physical? (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Paige Hector Tags: Communication and Culture Source Type: news
Person-centered Ethics During End-of-Life Pain Management
Mr. Henry was the last patient on our interdisciplinary team rounds. The staff on call told us that he was one of their most difficult patients. His spouse was quite possibly even more difficult; she frequently demanded answers to repetitive questions before she would allow staff members to leave his room. Unfortunately, she had ended up in the hospital with a cardiac event before I was able to meet her. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Fatima A. Naqvi Tags: Medical Ethics Source Type: news
Highlighting Key Principles and Practices of Pain Management
Pain is a vast and complex topic with many detailed aspects. As with so many other conditions and symptoms, pain management remains challenging. There are already many guidelines and articles on the topic. Instead of covering specific clinical aspects of pain management, the goal of this month ’s column is to highlight some key considerations that I have found particularly useful over time as a medical director, across all patients and settings. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Steven Levenson Tags: OBRA Regulations and Clinical Practice Source Type: news
Managing Chronic Pain in Older Adults: Taking a Holistic and Individualized Approach
Chronic pain — the complex, multidimensional, highly personal experience that affects more than half of nursing home residents — demands assessment of both the physical causes and the emotional and psychosocial components. Holistic management incorporates nonpharmacological approaches, experts and practition ers from various disciplines told Caring. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Christine Kilgore Source Type: news
3 AM: How to Prevent After-Hours Calls for Pain Management
Dear Dr. Diane: I am a new medical director of a PALTC facility, and I am often called to write other physicians ’ pain scripts at all times of the night. My facility wants me to write the pain management policy and address this with the staff and clinicians. Do you have any advice on how I should approach this problem, and avoid getting called all times of the night? (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Diane Sanders-Cepeda Tags: Dear Dr. Diane Source Type: news
What is PAN?
Discussion
Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. Often, the term implies the arterial vessels, but venous and capillary vessels can be affected. The nomenclature to describe vasculitis and its classification have varied over time. Arterial vessel size is one method and some more common entities include:
Small vessel, mainly
Granulomatous – granulomatosis with polyangiitis (aka Wegener’s granulomatosis), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (aka Churg Strauss syndrome)
Nongranulomatous – Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), microscopic polyangiitis
Medium vessel, mainly
Childhood sys...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 27, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Truth, Integrity and the Future of Pain Evidence
Watch videos from the recent event held by Cochrane PaPaSFor 23 years theCochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) group has been delivering the gold standard in evidence synthesis in the field of pain management, palliative and supportive care and supporting the community towards better methods and standards in pain clinical trials and systematic reviews. As their funding comes to an end, they highlighted and celebrated their contribution with an event, called ‘Truth, Integrity and the Future of Pain Evidence’ at the Wellcome Collection in London, UK. It was a chance to reflect on what has been discovere...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - February 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
‘Goldilocks’ is dead, warns Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. The risk of an economic ‘hard landing’ is growing even if the ‘pain may be delayed’
Throughout January, the stock market soared as investors began to price in a “soft landing” for the economy—predicting the Federal Reserve would be able to tame inflation without sparking a recession. But Lisa Shalett, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s chief investment officer, warned Tuesday…#federalreserve #lisashalett #goldilocksscenarioin #cio #morganstanleys #fortunecom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Janssen Data at ASCO GU Support Ambition to Transform Treatment of Prostate and Bladder Cancer Through Precision Medicine and Early Intervention
RARITAN, N.J., February 13, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced plans to present more than 20 abstracts featuring seven oncology therapies from its robust portfolio and pipeline at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, taking place in San Francisco on February 16-18. Building on more than a decade of leadership in the development of medicines for people diagnosed with GU cancers, Janssen will present data demonstrating its ambition to advance patient-centered treatment through precision medicine, real-world evidence a...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - February 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Credit Suisse Posts Another Loss, Predicts Further Pain. The Stock Falls
Credit Suisse Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, reported a fifth consecutive quarterly loss and predicted its investment bank and wealth management businesses will continue to suffer. Shares were down 4% in early trading in Zurich. The past year, the stock has dropped more than 60%. The bank lost…#switzerland #zurich #archegoscapital #ulrichkoerner (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CoolHealth Enters U.S. Market With TargetCool(TM), A Breakthrough FDA-Class II Medical Device Offering Unprecedented Precise, Rapid Cooling For Pain Management And Bruise Minimization
Groundbreaking Technology Brings New Standard of Cooling to Healthcare Industry
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 8, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Recens, Inc. dba CoolHealth ("CoolHealth"), a venture-backed medical device company devel... Devices, Dermatology, Product Launch CoolHealth, TargetCool (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
